Tag Archives: divorce

How a Jingle had to Adapt to Change

Posted on February 26, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Cellino and Barnes I knew that these two lawyers were not getting along for years, but I never grasped how far it had gone wrong until last year. Until then, the Buffalo TV channels were still running their joint advertisements. … Continue reading →

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How Many Times Do I Need to Say It?

Posted on January 21, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Derek, My Son   Did I tell you enough times how I loved you? Everything about you makes me smile. Right now my words might seem too few, Except I think a thought for every mile Keeping me away from … Continue reading →

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A Feminist Before It Was Fashionable

Posted on May 2, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Anne Boleyn On this day in history in 1536, Anne Boleyn was arrested for high treason, and confined to the Tower of London. The trumped-up charge of adultery was just an excuse to get her out of the way, so … Continue reading →

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Breaking Point

Posted on November 28, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Sometimes the worst can, in time, be the best, Until it begins to shake down the joint… Zodiac signs are a good case in point: Are we not, then, like the East and the West? Nothing, or no one … Continue reading →

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Choices Spoiled

Posted on September 23, 2017 by cdsmiller17

All my relationships were undertaken under cover of darkness. As a result, some of them were doomed from the beginning. But some blossomed, anyway. So the lesson is that some good things can come from ‘not-so-good’ actions.   Deception   … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Article 50

Posted on April 1, 2017 by cdsmiller17

On the 29th day of March 2017, at 12:30 pm, the United Kingdom, following the will of the people of Britain, handed the European Union a letter signalling their wish to be divorced from the rest of Europe. Why Does … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Letter to her Son

Posted on May 30, 2015 by cdsmiller17

In October 1974, my mother wrote me a letter to explain my history. In doing so, she told me a little of her life’s story. Here is what I have discovered about my mother from her birth in 1923 to … Continue reading →

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My Satanic Struggle

Posted on May 29, 2015 by cdsmiller17

In 1978, I wrote a screenplay based upon a poem I had written in the mid-70’s. The story was set in the future, but the roots were definitely in the past. Here is the epic poem in its entirety. You … Continue reading →

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